en-za-hotdailynews: 2015-01-02 South Africa World

Egyptian president urged to free al-Jazeera reporter
BBC News
The two brothers of jailed al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste have said that they will push for the Egyptian president to release him by decree. They will be urging the president to use a decree he issued last year that allows him to deport foreigners in prison or ...

Mohamed Fahmy, Canadian journalist jailed in Egypt, to get retrial   Toronto Star
Egyptian court orders retrial of Al Jazeera journalists   Reuters Africa
Jailed Australian journalist seeks presidential deportation from Egypt   Jerusalem Post
Daily Mail
Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian (blog)
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Shanghai Stampede Death Toll Rises to at Least 36; Accounts Differ on Cause
Wall Street Journal
A man prays on Jan. 1 after offering flowers at the site of a stampede that occurred the night before on Shanghai's Bund. The New Year's Eve stampede on Shanghai's historic waterfront killed at least 35 revelers. Greg Baker/Agence France-Presse/Getty ...

In Moments, New Year's Revelry Became Fatal Crush in Shanghai   New York Times
Police Rule Out Fake Cash in Shanghai Crush   Voice of America
Shanghai stampede: fake money not cause of deadly crush, say police   Sydney Morning Herald
Times of India
Fox News
The Australian (blog)
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Dozens Are Arrested in Gambia After the Thwarting of a Suspected Coup
TIME
An alleged coup attempt in the small west African nation of Gambia prompted the arrests of several dozen civilian and military personnel, an intelligence source said Thursday. The source said the suspects are being held in “four villas” near the Gambian ...

Presidential Palace Attackers Sought in Gambia   Voice of America
'Dozens arrested' after failed Gambia coup   Telegraph.co.uk
Gambia failed coup participants flee to Guinea-Bissau   News24
Businessweek
ABC News
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Nigeria: 8 Wounded in Church Bombing
New York Times
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of a church in the northeastern city of Gombe during a New Year's Day service, wounding eight people, an official for Nigeria's Red Cross said Thursday. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan vows to defeat Boko Haram   BBC News
Suicide bomber dies in failed Gombe church attack   Nigerian Tribune
Suicide Bomber Strikes Near Nigerian Church   Voice of America
Daily Sun
Reuters Africa
Aljazeera.com
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Ondo promotes 4000, to recruit 1500 in January
The Punch
Ondo State Government has promoted 4,001 teaching and non-teaching staff in its public secondary schools. It also promised to recruit no fewer than 1,500 teachers before the end of January 2015. Governor Olusegun Mimiko presented letters of promotion to ...

Ajimobi, Mimiko preach peace   Nigerian Tribune
General Elections Will Be Peaceful - Mimiko   Daily Times Nigeria
Ondo APC alleges illegal purchase of PVCs by PDP   WorldStage
The Guardian Nigeria
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Just how important is Magna Carta 800 years on?
BBC News
This year people in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and plenty of other nations will mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. The document will be lauded for establishing one vital principle. A new book about Magna Carta is published today ...

15 things about the year ahead   Mail & Guardian Online
Magna Carta: the things you didn't know   Telegraph.co.uk
Why I fear for liberty and justice in 2015 Britain, by DOMINIC SANDBROOK as ...   Daily Mail

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U.S. Confirms Drone Strike Killed Al-Shabab's Abdishakur
Deutsche Welle
The Pentagon says it has confirmed that an unmanned US aircraft has killed a leader of al-Shabab. Washington officials claim the death will significantly impede the Islamist group's ability to carry out attacks. The Pentagon said on Wednesday that senior ...

Somalia: Al-shabab in 2014   somalicurrent
US confirms drone strike killed al Shabaab leader in Somalia   www.worldbulletin.net
Drone Strike Killed Al-Shabab Leader in Somalia, Pentagon Confirms   Headlines & Global News
China Post
RTT News
Latin American Herald Tribune
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NLC Calls for Anti-workers' Politicians to Be Voted out
THISDAY Live
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday called on workers to vote out `anti-workers' politicians' during the 2015 general election. The NLC President, Mr. Abdulwaheed Omar, made the call in his New Year message to the workers. According to the ...

``We call on workers to massively reject these anti-workers' politicians in the ...   Daily Trust
NLC Urges Workers To Vote Out 'Anti-workers' Politicians   Information Nigeria
NLC predicts tough 2015, warns against austerity measure   WorldStage

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President is optimistic that Kenya on the proper path to prosperity
Coastweek
by Chrispinus Omar and Njoroge Kaburo NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said his administration is implementing a number of reforms aimed at creating more jobs, further reducing the cost of living and doing business as he ...

Uhuru reiterates govt's resolve to protect Kenyans   Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Kenyan president nominates new police chief after attacks   Reuters
Kenyan president nominates new police chief   www.worldbulletin.net
The Star
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Fears over 2015 presidential poll
The Punch
Analysts argue that never in Nigeria's over 50-year-old history – as an independent nation – has the country faced this kind of multipronged threat to its national survival. The current level of threat, which some argue, was initially posed by the activities of the ...

Nigeria's Peace, Stability More Important Than Winning Election – Gumi   Leadership Newspapers
Jonathan promises war on corruption   Nigerian Tribune
Political ambition should not be blood thirsty, says Jonathan   The Guardian Nigeria
WorldStage
Nigerian Bulletin
DailyPost Nigeria
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